Tomb Raider: I Can Hear Antiques Talk

Chapter 164
When Xiao Ran heard the old village head mention the events of the Yuan Dynasty, he quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks, asked the old village head to explain in detail, and then asked Liu Shengli to go to the car and get a bottle of Erguotou and a pound of dried beef and put them on the table.

The old village head smoked a cigarette, looked at the things on the table, and said with a smile, "What kind of wine should I drink early in the morning..."

That's what he said, but at the invitation of Xiao Ran, the old village chief drank a small cup and slowly told some old stories passed down by word of mouth among the old people in the village.

Ever since the sixteen prefectures were ceded to Khitan, Pingcheng has been ruled by foreigners from the north.Therefore, some places with good geomantic omens near Pingcheng became the treasure places where the powerful ministers of several northern regimes at that time, as well as some princes with lesser powers, chose their mausoleums.

But Pingcheng is only one state, with undulating terrain and ravines, the best places are only a few, and the regime that controls the locality changes hands, so whenever there are new dignitaries who want to be buried, From time to time, some noble ministers, princes and generals who were previously buried here will be dug out.It would be fine if it was the tomb of a foreign race from the previous dynasty, but sometimes a grandson accidentally dug the cemetery of his grandfather's generation.

Later, in order to solve this problem, the Khitan people specially moved a group of Han people here to guard the mausoleum and take charge of the direction of the mausoleum, and help the latecomers choose the site and fix the acupoints.With the assistance of this group of people, a grand scene of tombs on tombs and tombs on tombs was formed in the surrounding area, and these Han people who settled here became the predecessor of Futou Village.

During the Mongol and Yuan Dynasties, the evil monk Zhenjia extensively excavated the tombs of Zhao and Song emperors in the south of the Yangtze River. In addition to plundering the burial treasures in the tombs, he also wantonly discarded and humiliated the corpses, and made Lizong's skull into wine vessels.For the purpose of combating the determination of the Han people to resist, his behavior was acquiesced by the rulers, so that it played a demonstration role. The behavior of stealing the tombs of the former dynasty in the north and south of the Yangtze River was a common practice, and the vicinity of Futou Village was no exception.

At that time, there was a person who claimed to be the disciple of the emperor's master, the evil monk Zhenjia, and in the name of "promoting the prestige of the teaching and rectifying the law", he led dozens of congregants and joined some local bandits and soldiers in the surrounding area of ​​Futou village. Tombs were robbed and dug everywhere in vast areas, and even the ancestral graves of ordinary people were destroyed.The villagers of Futou Village didn't dare to say much, they could only silently collect the corpses that had been dug up and discarded.

Speaking of this, the village chief explained that most people in Futou Village know these stories, so many people think that the name of Futou Village comes from the skulls of dead people that were thrown all over the river.However, the old village head firmly believes that this is just everyone's far-fetched conclusion.

Having said that, the real name of this villain who has harmed dozens of mausoleums in the surrounding area is no longer available, and only the notoriety of "Ba Kun" has been handed down.With almost no tombs nearby to dig, Ba Kun was planning to change places, but accidentally found an unburial place in a "Kandi Notes" handed down from generation to generation in Futou Village.

It is said that there is a hidden god in that land, hidden in an unknown mountain valley.Unless it is a person who is destined to become a fairy, if ordinary people, even emperors and ministers, are buried here, it will inevitably bring disaster to the nine clans and even overthrow the mountains and rivers.It is said that during the period of Emperor Tianzuo, a minister from the Yelu clan was buried there. Soon after that, the Liao Dynasty was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty, and even the Khitan clan has been integrated into other clans in modern times, almost forgotten.

When Ba Kun got this information, he refused to believe in evil, and led his followers towards the Tibetan God Bureau mentioned in "Kandi Notes", and finally disappeared into a ravine somewhere.

Since then, some strange corpses have been found from time to time in the vast barren mountains where Futou Village in the north of Pingcheng is located, most of which died after their brains were ripped out.There are also people who went into the mountains to chop firewood, and witnessed their companions being attacked by unknown monsters, their heads were bitten to pieces, and their pulp was eaten. After that, children in the village disappeared from time to time.

So I don't know when, the villagers began to use the word "grasshopper" to call this monster, and used "sky blindfolded, grandma's appearance" to scare disobedient children, which means that when it is so dark that you can't see your fingers, you will come face to face. When people can't see their faces clearly, grandma will come out to eat people.

In the years that followed, facts became rumors, rumors became stories, and stories became inexplicable taboos and myths.Hearing that grandma only dare to appear at night, Futou Village began to use the method of lighting a fire to avoid evil.Hearing that grandma likes to pick out brains, the villagers of Futou Village began to make a special kind of scarecrow, which was inserted in sparsely populated places to mislead grandma.

It is rumored that until the fall of the Yuan Dynasty, a wandering man who was not a monk or a Taoist passed by Futou Village, claiming that he had been to the Tibetan God Bureau, and brought back a strange statue, saying that as long as he dedicated himself to worship, he could avoid the invasion of monsters.So under his guidance, Futou Village built a "Xia Niang Temple" dedicated to enshrining this statue. It is said that it really has some effect.

After a long time, with famines, wars, and regime changes, Futou Village was moved again and again, and people were hard to live. Who cares about that inexplicable statue?The incense in that temple became worse and worse until it was forgotten.Because Futou Village is located in a remote mountainous area, none of the young generals in the county town thought of visiting Xia Niang Temple ten years ago, which shows that these old world things have really been forgotten.

As for the tomb robbers, there are also "Kandi Notes" and the Cangshen Bureau, which have been lost in the long river of history.

Listening to the old village chief's narration, Xiao Ran suddenly remembered the scarecrow he met last night, and hurriedly asked the old village chief what the so-called special scarecrow looked like.

The old village chief explained that the clothes and hats are no different from ordinary scarecrows, but they will stuff some bones of slaughtered cattle, sheep and pigs into the straw, use the peeled animal skins to draw facial features, and put some people on top of the scarecrows. Do not eat the leftovers of minced meat.It is said that in this way, there will be a smell of meat, and the face will look like a real person, and the grandma will not be able to tell whether it is a human or a dummy.Even if someone encounters the old fly at night, as long as there is such a scarecrow by his side, he can use it to divert the old fly's attention and escape.

Xiao Ran hurriedly asked, if he also met such a scarecrow yesterday, did it mean that there were still moths near the village that were harmful to people.

The old village chief knocked the cigarette pot on the sole of his shoe, drank the wine in the wine cup, and said that now it's a new society, where are those monsters and ghosts?The scarecrow is true, because the scarecrow made in that way is really effective against crows, owls and even wild wolves.

Maybe because he didn't get the answer he wanted, Xiao Ran was still a little bit unwilling.He asked Liu Shengli to take down the bundled dead body of the grasshopper on the roof of the car and show it to the village chief.

After breakfast, the old village head had a good impression of him, a young "scholar" from the capital who was well-mannered, so he asked his wife to close the table and bring his grandson into the house, and took the children who were watching the jeep around the door with him. The young people drove away, and then walked to Xiao Ran and the others, smoking a pipe and pot, wanting to see what new things this young man brought.

Xiao Ran purposely found a corner away from the cave, covered his nose and opened the quilt with Liu Shengli, and a stench of stench permeated the surrounding instantly.

(End of this chapter)